AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FEENS. 



nmltifid, and from 1-6 feet high. Veins forked or pinnate; 

 venules free. Receptacles punctiform, terminal, medial, or basal. 

 Sori round, rarely oblong, naked. 



1. Vernation fasciculate, erect, becoming caspitose. 

 (Anopodium.) 



1 P. alpestris, J. 8m. Polypodium alpertre, Boppe ; Lindl 



and Moore's Brit. Ferns, t. 7, A, B, C; Sowerby s 

 Ferns 2, t. 49 ; Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 39. Aspidium 

 i alpestre, Hoppe ; Sw.; Schk. Fil t. 60, exclus. syn. 

 Linn. Europe, Britain. 



2 P flexilis, J.8m. Polypodium flexile, Moore. Polypodium 



alpestre, var. flexile, Lindl. and Moore's Bnt. Ferns, 

 t. 7, D, E; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 6. Scotland. 



S 2 Vernation fasciculate, erect; caudex becoming elevated, 

 solitary. (Desmopodium.) 



3 P. hastaefolia, /. 8m. Polypodium hastefolium Sw.; 



Hook, et Grew. Ic. Fit. t. 203 ; Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 5o. 

 Jamaica. 

 4. P. Walkerse, Hook. 8p. Fil. 4, p. 233.-Ceylon. 



5 P Sieberianum, Fee. Polypodium Sieberiannm, XowZ/. ; 



Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 235. Mauritius. 



6 P. decussata, J. 8m. Polypodium decussatum, Unn. 



' (Plum. Fil. t. 24) ; Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 54. Polypodium 

 grammicum, Spr. West Indies. 



7. P. macroptera, Fee. Polypodium macropterum, Kaulf. 

 Polypodium formosum, Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. &3. AISC 

 phila Fischeriana,Ee^ei 5 Ho^. Pe^rop. Braaal. 



8. P. ampla, Fee. Polypodium amplum, Humb. ; Lowe's 



Ferns, 9, t. 52. Martinique. 

 9 P spectabilis, Fee. Polypodium spectabile, Kaulf.; 



Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 43.-Tropical America. 



t. 33. Jamaica. 



